By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The game of musical chairs continues for reporters covering the Justice Department in Washington. The Washington Post’s Carrie Johnson is leaving the paper Tuesday to cover the Justice Department for National Public Radio. She says she hasn’t done radio before. “It will be a new adventure,” she told ticklethewire.com….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the apparent spirit of never-say-die, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago said Friday it plans to go after right wing-racist New Jersey radio host Hal Turner for a third time in August. The last two trials ended in a mistrial after the juries deadlocked. “We expect to proceed on August…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One of the more improbable theories about Teamster James R. Hoffa — that he’s buried under the west end zone at Giant Stadium — is popping up one more time for old time sake as demolition teams get ready to knock down the stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Rumors of the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI is trying to jump start a probe into the 1980s killing of as many as eight people in southeastern Virginia known as the Colonial Parkway murders, the Washington Post reports. The Washington Post’s Maria Glod reports that the FBI is re-examining dozens of pieces of evidence, including…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In a world of Jihad Janes and underwear bombers, where it’s becoming more difficult to figure out who the enemy might be, the Obama administration is taking a different tact when screening passengers from inbound U.S. International flights. The Washington Post reports the U.S. is “abandoning its policy of…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com In October, 2008 this column pointed out the growing link between international narcotics traffickers and terrorists, especially in Afghanistan. This was not news to federal law enforcement. Still, few politicians or members of the public were aware of this relationship. Support for a well financed and coordinated international enforcement strategy, despite…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008”. By Ross…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI duped the members of the Christian militia in Michigan into going to what they thought was a memorial service at a warehouse in Ann Arbor over the weekend, the head of the Detroit FBI told the Associated Press. Andy Arena, special agent in charge of the Detroit FBI, said…
